All Property articles – Page 22
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NewsIkea sales rise as global transformation takes hold
Ikea has reported an increase in total sales as the first year of its global transformation programme has taken hold.
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NewsIntu’s outlook ‘remains confident’ despite market conditions
Shopping centre owner Intu has made progress with the strategy set out in its interim results despite “challenging market conditions”.
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NewsPrimark profits rise as it eyes international expansion
Primark has posted an increase in full-year profits and set its sights on further international expansion, despite declining like-for-like sales.
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OpinionLeader: Will Mothercare administration signal death knell for CVAs?
As recently as May, having won approval for a CVA last year, Mothercare chief executive Mark Newton-Jones was bullish about the retailer’s turnaround prospects.
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NewsPhilip Green races to repay £300m loan before Christmas
Sir Philip Green is in a race to raise some £300m before Christmas to repay a loan secured against Topshop’s London flagship.
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Retail VoiceWhy creating communities around shopping centres is good business
Shopping centres wishing to become retail destinations need to capitalise on surrounding land, says intu
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Report Store10 of the Brands Shaping the Future of Shopping Centres
How insight and innovation are changing the shopping centre mix inside and out
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AnalysisAnalysis: How Westfield is beating the shopping centre downturn
The owner of Westfield London and Stratford reported an increase in sales and footfall over the first nine months of 2019. Retail Week looks at how Westfield is beating the wider shopping centre malaise.
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NewsWestfield owner reports increased footfall and sales
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield registered increased tenant sales and “strong footfall growth” across all its locations.
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GalleryNordstrom unveils ‘new concept’ New York department store
Nordstrom has opened a womenswear and children’s clothing flagship store in New York City – opposite its menswear store, which opened in April 2018 – that brings the “unique Nordstrom offering to life”.
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OpinionMichael Jary: Driverless cars will change everything about retail hot spots
In his autobiography, Sam Walton described why he preferred a small propeller plane to a jet. The Walmart founder could fly closer to the ground and see how America’s towns and cities were growing.
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NewsShoe Zone revenues steadied by focus on big box stores
Shoe Zone has reported an uptick in revenues off the back of its ongoing focus on opening big-box format stores.
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NewsTesco eyes Finest pop-ups in golden quarter push
Tesco is planning to launch a clutch of Finest pop-up stores in major cities across the UK during the golden quarter.
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NewsSelfridges to rent space in new development to office provider
Selfridges has plans to redevelop a building across from its flagship store on Oxford Street and then rent some of it out to a co-working office provider.
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NewsStore profit margins halved by soaring costs
Store-based profit margins have been decimated by rising costs over the last eight years, new research has shown.
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NewsJobs at risk as Jessops approaches administrators for property arm
Photographic retailer Jessops has approached administrators in a bid to salvage its struggling property arm.
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NewsRetail business rates to increase by £137m
The BRC has warned that retailers face a £137m business rates hike from next April based on the latest figures from the government’s consumer price index (CPI), which will pile more pressure on the sector.
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NewsRetail braced for ‘worst Christmas since Woolworths collapsed’
Retail is bracing itself for the toughest Christmas in a decade as Brexit uncertainty, high property taxes and deep discounting grip the market just two weeks into the golden quarter.
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NewsUpdate: Arndale shopping centre evacuated after multiple stabbings
Manchester’s Arndale shopping centre has been evacuated after three people were stabbed in an attack.
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NewsIkea ramps up property team as it eyes shopping centre acquisitions
Swedish furniture giant Ikea is expanding its UK property team as it seeks to snap up lowly valued shopping centres to accelerate its urban expansion.
